Dave Allen passes away

I'm not sure how many of you remember this Irish comedian but he had a television show, in the early 80s, called Dave Allen At Large. He would tell jokes and hilarious stories while sitting down in a chair on stage and having a smoke and drink.

To you, Dave Allen, I use your favourite sign-off ... "Goodnight, good luck, and may your God go with you."

Here are some of his most famous quotes:

• I still think of myself as I was 25 years ago. Then I look in a mirror and see an old bastard and realise it's me.
• I don't go out of my way to be outrageous, I just go out of my way to look at things.
• I'm an Atheist...thank God.
• I've stopped smoking...I think the cost was a lot of it, and not being able to breathe. I first gave up smoking when I was eight.
• A good storyteller never lets the facts get in the way.
• We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go to work - and then we retire. And what do they give us? A clock.